Programme Office

An effective Programme Office can be a differentiator for a business transformation programme. But the Programme Office must be used effectively.

Frequently, Programme Office or Programme Management Offices (PMOs) as they are also called, are set-up because that is what one does when starting a programme of delivery. In that instance, there is not a true understanding of what a PMO does – beyond the seemingly endless chasing for progress reports and risk registers – and how it can provide real value.

When asked for help setting up and running Programme Offices, Yare Group works with our clients to make sure there is a common understanding of how to use the team and the solution to add value. If we cannot reach that common understanding, we kindly decline to provide support; our team is results-oriented and so would struggle. More importantly, we would be challenged to justify the expense to our client.

When we do set-up and run a Programme Office for a client – we get results.

The team utilises our Yare Programme Office Method™ which covers the core offering of a Programme Office:

  • Business Case
  • Planning
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Programme Progress Reporting
  • Benefits Realisation Reporting
  • Senior Management Reporting
  • Risk, Issues and Dependency Management
  • Budget Management
  • Document Management
  • Quality Management
  • Change Control / Configuration Management
  • Programme and Business Communications
  • Programme Board / Governance Support
  • Benefits Manager / Realisation Coordination
  • Internal and External Audit Preparation and Support
  • Transition to Business As Usual Planning
  • Programme Delivery Disciplines (definition, roll-out and support)
  • Programme Closure

The Method allows our teams to quickly get the Programme Office set-up and good programme delivery disciplines embedded into the wider delivery team.

The use of the Yare Programme Office Method™ does not mean that our clients get an over-blown set of systems that go beyond what is appropriate for the size and lifecycle of the programme. When we set up a Programme Office we make sure:

  • it is ‘right-sized’ for the programme
  • the disciplines rolled out to the delivery teams are digestible and achievable, and
  • the combined effect gets the results needed

Yare Group supports clients with entire Programme Office teams or by providing just the roles our clients need.